On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 06:23:23 -0800 Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I cringe at the idea of having to use a VPN for imap, however. > > Why? Would you say the same of using it for SMTP?
I read email rather compulsively I guess, and would hate to be bothered with VPNs, then use an encrypted mail session anyway. > I was thinking authentication + VPN, but maybe that's overkill. I > kinda like the idea of everything non-public going through the VPN. > Nobody should be in there but me so there's no trust problem. Is that > too much? No, especially not if you don't have other admins to deal with. > There are only three machines involved here: > > 1. remote web/mail server, print client > 2. local firewall/router/print server > 3. local web/mail/print client > > I think it would make sense to make machine #2 the VPN server, but it > is not nearly as reliable as machine #1 in terms of the internet > connection and the hardware (machine #2 is getting old). I would hate > to be out of town and lose access to all email services because > machine #2 goes down. Machine #1 basically never goes down. Could I > make #1 the VPN server to maximize reliability and have everything > work the way I want it to? > Yes, any of the computers can be the server. I would put it on the connection with best upload speeds myself, but your considerations here seem relevant. -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
